Figure 13. Connections between front-end and back-end switches within an EX-Series rack
Aggregation switch pair S5232F
Dell EMC provides two 100GbE S5232F back-end aggregation switches (AGG1 and AGG2) with four 100GbE VLT cables. These
switches are referred to as the Falcon (AGG2) and Eagle (AGG1) switches and are required when expanding beyond 1 rack.
In the following diagram, all labeled ports indicate the port designations. This configuration allows to connect up to 7 racks of
EXF900 nodes.
Table 7. Switch port number
Switch Port number Description
Falcon 1-4 Rack1 Hound uplink ports
5-8 Rack2 Hound uplink ports
22 Switches